KE 747 (Late Roman Corinthian Lamp) [permalink] [next]
Type
Inventoried Object
Logical part of
Area C (north end of harbor, including mole)
Logical part of
Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Objects
Subject number
L 183
Typological identification
Late Roman Corinthian or Regional Lamp, copy/imitation Athenian
Comparanda
Athenian product cf. KerameikosXVI, pp. 290-291, no. 4657, pl. 80 (B. Böttger)
Comparanda
Athenian product sim. AgoraVII, p. 179, no. 2460, pl. 39 (late unglazed; J. Perlzweig)
Fabric, firing, surface
Typical Late Roman Corinthian “white“ fabric (discolored from secondary scorching), firing (very hard), and surface (smoothing?). Thin but prominent, flat joining ridge and slight webbing; good alignment at back of handle but slightly pinched by finger.
Preservation comment
One sherd preserves ca. 55% of lamps including over one-half of discus, left shoulder and back right shoulder, entire handle, most of right wall, and less than one-half of base. Slight, somewhat extensive abrasion and rare scratching and chipping around edges; worn breaks; scattered specks of encrustation.
Published as
KenchreaiV, p. 63, no. 318 (H. Williams)
Estimated discus diameter
0.045
Handle total height
0.045
Height base to shoulder
0.034
Height shoulder-handle
0.011
Base Length
0.047
Preserved height
0.043
Preserved length
0.074
Preserved width
0.056
Weight (kg)
0.044
Material
Ceramic (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts)
Christian Chi-Rho (Visual Motif)
Drawing
Drawing
Pagescan
Photograph
Photograph
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KE 746 (Late Roman Athenian Lamp)